Occupy Oakland protesters shut port, disrupt banks: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45134339/ns/us_news-life/t/occupy-oakland-protesters-shut-port-disrupt-banks/?ocid=twitter#.TrIilPQg_m0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (From a forwarded message, not sure who wrote it:) The city of Oakland was NOT parallyzed, which is why I left. When I left there weren’t any cops inside the bart station, there […]
In the right-hand sidebar, under “categories”, under “Corporatocracy or Democracy’ is OCCUPY MOVEMENT. Click and you’ll get a very small sampling of Occupy news. . . I just realized that I am posting a lot related to Oakland where the Occupy experience has been more tumultuous. From “The Empathic Civilization”, Rifkin, chapter “The Hidden Paradox of Human […]
http://rt.com/usa/news/oakland-occupy-protest-strike-299/ Published: 01 November, 2011, 19:30 People hold photos of Scott Olsen in Oakland (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP) TRENDS: Occupy Wall Street As thousands of protesters prepare to launch a city-wide strike in less than a day, Oakland, California officials are gearing up for what could come as a turning points in […]
http://www.opoa.org/uncategorized/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-of-oakland-from-the-oakland-police-officers%E2%80%99-association/ An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officer’s Association 1 November 2011 – Oakland, Ca. We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-study-that-shows-why-occupy-wall-street-struck-a-nerve/2011/10/27/gIQA3bsMNM_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions Eugene Robinson for The Washington Post The hard-right conservatives who dominate the Republican Party claim to despise the redistribution of wealth, but secretly they love it — as long as the process involves depriving the poor and middle class to benefit the rich, not the other way around. That is precisely what has been happening, […]
2 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07CprU3rlk&feature=player_embedded
4 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJe7O-3QBc&feature=player_embedded Who is Bill Black http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Black
“Successful social movements are emergent, evolving, radically self-organizing, and involve the dedicated efforts of many people, each finding the role that best uses his or her gifts and passions.” MORE, KORTEN”S WORK: 2010-05-07 David Korten, Agenda for a New Economy. The revolt against Wall Street, Around the world. 2011-02-22 Korten, David
12 min > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vhW-seBVpOs (videos of the protest attended by Scott Olsen (war veteran) show a policeman lobbing a tear gas canister. Olsen’s back was to the police. He was hit in the head by the canister, causing a skull fracture. Olsen was in critical condition in hospital; Saturday the 29th, upgraded to “fair” condition.)
This video focuses on the sailor who was standing beside Scott Olsen, the war veteran whose skull was fractured by a tear gas canister lobbed by the police. The police officer who lobbed the canister has by now (Nov 2) been identified. One can have empathy for him, he is no longer anonymous. Thank goodness for those who help […]